Handle-fastening.



H. V. JONES. HANDLE FASTENING. APPLIoATIoN FILED Mnl?, 1905.

Patented Mar. 9,1909.

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HENRY V. JONES., OF NEWTONVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HANDLE-FASTENING.

Specification 4of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed May 17, 1905. Serial No. 26:0346.

'To all whom tmc/.y concer.

Be it known that l, HENRY V. JoNns, of Newtonville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handle-Fastenlngs,- ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has lrelation to fastening devices for attaching to a handle the vhead of a hammer or ax, of the general character of those illustrated in Letters PatentNos.

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The primary object of the present invention is to. rovide a'simple and convenient the vdevice' of t e character referred to in .which parts-are all connected so that they may not separatedorlost.v

:More or less trouble has been caused, in

the employment of devices as heretofore constructed, by the fact that the various parts were separate and unattached, and

conse uently, l1n` removing. ahammer or aX om one handle and placing it upon another, the parts often. became 'lost' or mislaid.. -This difculty has been overcome by the present invention by so constructing the parts that they are loosely connected, in consequence whereof, while said partsmay be moved relativelyI to each other to'secure the headan place', nevertheless they may not been'tirely separated, but are removed as a unit. l Y

.On 'the accompanying drawing z-Figure l represents the invention as employed for securing the head of a hammer u on its handle, thehandle and head being illustrated in section. Fig. 2. represents a section through thehammer head and illustrates the fastenerI 1 in section.' Fig-3 represents a section on the 4o l' ine 3 3.. Fig.- 4 represents a section on-the line Fig. 5 represents thefastener detached, Fig. 6 represents the various' parts of the fastener detached from one another.- Fig. 7 represents in section another '-,forrn of fastener embodying the invention'. Fig.V 8 represents asimilar section of still another form. Fig. 9 represents an inside view of one of the Wedge-plates to show how itsrlupper `corners are inwardly bent after being assembledwith the Wedge.`

It will be understood that the invention 'I b is adapted for securing any metal head upon a handle and consequently itmay be, used like. I have 'illustratedit as applied to a away from eac hammer, as that is a convenient form of tool to illustrate.

The handle of the hammer is indicated at a and it-is longitudinallyslottedlas at a',

' being provided at its'end with a chamber c2 having outwardly converging walls. This chamber may be formed-by boring transversel through the handle with a bit and then y the A aid of a saw making two-,inwardly diverging cuts to provide thev two side Walls a3.

1 The fastener for securing the head l) upon the handle comprises a wedge c'which is constructed in the form of a nut, a screw d, and what may be termed Wedge-plates e. I-Iere- .tofore the wedge-plates and the wedge have been detached, but according to the present invention, I connect them loosely together las a unit. To this end the wedge c is provided on its sides with dovetailed tongues or guides c c. These may beformed by grooving the corners of the wedge, as at c2,

' (see Fig. 6). The wedge-plates e e. are preferabl formed `of sheet metal and vtheir side wa e3 `are bent transversely inward so that in cross-section each Wedge-plate-has a dovetailed grooveor guideway,` as shown in Fig.

which are bentinward, as shown in Figs. 1

and 2. Thus at Veach end of each of the wedge-plates'there is` one Aor more stops so that after' the parts have beenxassembled, they areradially movable relatively to each .other but are non-detachable.

For the purpose of permitting the wedgeplates to approach each other as nearly as possible, the side walls ea thereof are beveled .as at e4, and the plates themselves are slotted', as at e5 to escape the screWI- d. The screw is provided with a head'd. which may v e of any suitable shape, but preferably is somewhat elongated vto, permit its being readily rotated. for pick-axes, sledges, hoes, rakes, or the l While I refer to form the side plates of sheet met and to form the dove-tailed .g at the end forms a stop to prevent the tion, the wedge, the wedge-plates, and the grooves therein by bending `the side walls e3 l thereof inward, yet it. will be understood that they may be cast or drop-forged, it' desired, and the stops for limiting the 1novement of the wedge formed in some other VVt i'.

Iit is quite evident that in lieu ot' connecting the wedge-plates directly to the wedge, they may be connected to the nf'cdgc through the medium ot' the screw d, the end of which may be upset. For instance in Fig. 7, two wedge plates f f are illustrated as being formed of cast metal or drop forgings. They l converge toward their outer ends as shown. The outer end portions of these wedge plates ,are formed of strip metal pier-esj", which are secured to the plates f and lwhich arebent at right angles thereto so that the end portion of one. wedge plate overlaps thc end portion ofthe other wedge plate. These overlapping end portions, which are indicated atfj, are slotted to receive the screw which passes through the wedge. The end of the screw is upset as shown. Any convenient means may beutilized to secure the end portions to the bodies of the wedge plates, as, for iii-- stance, Vby the pins or rivets indicated in dotted lines. The connection of the wedgeplates with the screw prevents their being separated therefrom and from the wedgr` when the fastener is removed. I sometimes find it convenient, however, t-o embody the invention in the form illustrated in Fig. 8', in which the two wedge-plates g g are formed of sheet metal and are connected by the bent portion g. The sheet-metal is sufficiently resilient to hold the upper free ends ot' the wedge-plates yieldingly toward each other, l so that it requires considerable force to entirely remove thel wedge from between said wedge-plates. In this instance the said wedge-plates are provided with the side walls g2 which serve to hold the wedge against lateral displacement. These side walls form guide-ways for the wedge and may be inclined inward so that the grooves or guideways will be dove-tail. The curved portion wedge from dropping out.

In all of these embodiments of the invenscrew are all connected vtogether so that. they may be handled as a unit.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention, and described a way of construct.

ing and using the same, although without l attempting to set forth all ol' the forms in which it may be made, or all of the modes of its use, I declare that what I claim isra- 1. A fastener of the character described, comprising an internally threaded wedge, a screw, wedge plates in sliding engagementy with said wedge and arranged at an ani f; to cach other, said wedge,screw and wedge platesI havingl means constituting` a part thereof' for connecting them in operative relation so that they may be handled as a unit, the parts so engaging each other as to prevent disengagement laterally of theI plates from the wedge and means for positively limi ti ng movement hingitudinall)r of the plat es on the wedge in both directions.

2. fastener of the character described, comprising a screw, a nut, one or more wedge plates slidingly engaging the nut, and means for permanently connecting the wedge plate or plates to the`nut, whereby the fastener may be handled as a unit when removed from the handle.

3. A fastener' of the character described, comprising a headed screw, a nut thereon, two wedge plates slidingly engaging the nut and whose inner 'faces converge toward the head of the screw, and a connection between the divergent ends of the plates for permanently connecting them.

4. A fastener of the character referred to, Acomprising a screw, a metallic member presenting twoopposing wedge plates which converge toward the outer end ol' the screw and an integral connection at their divergent ends, and a nut engaged with said sc rew and located between and slidingly engaging said plates.

5. A fastener of the character referred to, comprising a screw, a nut thereon, a resilient metallic strip bent upon irl-sell' to provide two plates converging at their free ends and embracing the nut, and a spring connection at their divergent enils, said wedge plates having side walls for guiding said nut and preventing lateral movement thereof relatively to said plates.

In testimony whereof I have allixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

. HENRY V. JONES.

Witnesses:

MARCUSl B. MAY, C. (Y. Srncnnn 

